Numbers Chapter 35 verse 16 Holy Bible
But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
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And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
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And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - With an instrument of iron. There is no reasonable doubt that בַּרְיֶל has here (as elsewhere) its proper meaning of iron. The expression must be held to include both weapons and other instruments; the former may have been mostly made of bronze, but where iron is used at all it is sure to be employed in war.